If you plan on getting your associate degree in pre-law, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #378 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for pre-law students pursuing a associate degree. Combined, these schools handed out 91 associate degrees in pre-law to qualified students.
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on pre-law students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of pre-law students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized pre-law related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for pre-law students working on their associate degree.
The pre-law school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Pre-Law Associate Degree Schools.
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Learn about start dates, transferring credits, availability of financial aid, and more by contacting the universities below.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).